Donald Trump's 'whining and sore loser routine' will lose appeal with supporters, says GOP expert Mark McKinnon
Having failed to get the law on his side to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, President Donald Trump is now banking on his loyalists in the Congress and supporters outside it to get the outcome turned in his favor. All eyes are now set on January 6 when Congress will count the Electoral College votes to affirm Biden as the President-elect.
The Republican Party is deeply divided over the plot to back Trump’s claim with its leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, cautioning against going against the former vice president fearing history might not forgive the GOP for that.
Even outside the legislature, Republican voices have started to show a form of fatigue with Trump’s continued opposition to the result of the 2020 election that went to the Democratic candidate.
On Thursday, December 31, veteran GOP strategist Mark McKinnon, who has worked with former president George W Bush and presidential candidate John McCain, lashed out at Trump on CNN for refusing to accept his defeat and predicted that even the most loyal of his supporters will eventually lose interest in the matter.
When host John Avoln asked McKinnon on the show: “What kind of trap is Donald Trump setting for Republicans with this January 6th stunt,” the latter replied saying: “So the question is, we've all been asking, what could he do between now and the 6th, what can he between now and the 20th?”
“And I think the answer is, he’s going to break just about anything he can on his way out. And that was what he planned to do originally. That's basically what he ran on,” he added.
McKinnon, who is a co-founder of the bipartisan organisation ‘No Labels’ and has been involved in several presidential and general election campaigns, said while Trump has a lot of equity with his base, there will be a time when his “whining and the sore loser routine” will lose its appeal. Trump has asked his supporters to assemble in Washington DC on January 6 to protest the election outcome.
'Trump to have presidency in exile'
“On the other hand, I think he’s going to have a presidency in exile. He knows the best way to get the spotlight is to say he’s running, and he’ll be jabbing Joe Biden every day, so the circus will continue, no question,” the 65-year-old told the network. McKinnon will be co-hosting Showtime’s ‘The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show On Earth’ starting this month.
Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley is the one planning to challenge the EC votes affirming Biden as the winner of the 2020 election but there are collagues like Ben Sasse from Nebraska who are against the idea.
Apart from the January 6 congressional vote, the Senate runoff elections in Georgia are also a draw of American politics at the moment since it will decide who controls the Senate next. The chamber is currently divided 50-48 in favor of the GOP but if the Dems win both the Peach State seats, then a 50-50 divide will tilt the favor in their form with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris having the tie-breaking vote.